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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Puppetry and performance
Macedon Ranges artists Tamara Rewse and Hamish Fletcher are the puppeteers behind a unique project that will bring live street theatre to the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival. Full story page 20.
Back to the wild
Amy Hume
Woodend Golf Club is going back to the wild in a plan to future-proof the sport there. Members have seized an opportunity to pilot the first Green Sport Action Plan for the region. Sustainability is the focus with the crucial element of 'rewilding' the grounds for flora and fauna that call it home. "Golf courses are often very manicured but they don't have to look like that," said Annabel Sides, the club's project manager.
"We can make positive environmental changes that won't interfere with play." The concept of 'rewilding' is to restore land to its natural state. Areas around the golf course have been identified for regeneration and protection. Woodend Golf Club also seeks to enhance that rewilding process through installation of nesting boxes and planting new native seed. It's a passion for Ms Sides who founded Green Planet Sport, a regenerative sport consultancy business specialising in climate change action. "There is a lot of space at the club that has never been
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cultivated or fertilised where seed has now come up," she said. Some species identified already include wallaby grass, kangaroo grass, chocolate lilies and milkmaids. "The idea is to look after what is there and to enhance it. In 10 years, the Woodend Golf Course will look completely different," Ms Sides said. Ms Sides recognised potential for change at her own local club after Macedon Ranges Council launched its 2020 Cool Changes program. Continued page 3.